The 2012 TWCM event was the second year of the Chennai Runners race. The 10K got too crowded and I decided to try to run the HM in 2013 or become a race volunteer. Stock footage for a Tamil movie "Ethir Neechal" (about a Marathon runner) was shot at this event. For some reason unknown to me, the camera focused on me at the start of the race and this made it to the final cut of the movie. That is my 15 seconds of reel fame.

Half Marathon

Auroville Marathon (in Pondicherry) is a no-frills hand-timed event. It is my favourite event. My current best time for the HM was during the Chicago Marathon where I did it in 1:55:41.